Blow-Up Sex Doll 'Rescued' By Turkish Divers In Black Sea

First Posted: 09/23/12 02:13 PM ETUpdated: 09/24/12 10:56 AM ET

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ISTANBUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Turkish rescue workers retrieved an inflatable sex doll from the Black Sea after police were notified by panicked residents who mistook it for a woman's body floating offshore, Milliyet newspaper reported on Sunday. Police cordoned off a wide stretch of beach in northern Samsun province and sent a team of divers into the water to rescue what appeared to be a drowning woman, it said. The team quickly discovered it was in fact a blow-up doll, which they deflated before throwing in the garbage, the daily said. It was not clear where the blow-up doll had came from. The Black Sea is a key tourism destination for Turks and also sees busy international maritime shipping traffic. (Reporting By Ayla Jean Yackley; Editing by Sophie Hares)